6600 is a Cookin'

stumblingtrout · 16 Jan 2007 at 20:25

Hi

Been playing today with my new rig

I have an E6600 with an EVGA 680 SLI motherboard.

Have the processor at 3.3GHz from the 2.4GHz standard, on stock cooling in my Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case with 120mm fans at the front and back with a 92mm fan blowing in from the side.

Under Prime95 torture test conditions, the processor runs at a maximum of 65 degrees. The voltage for the CPU core has been upped *slightly* to 1.41v

Everything seems stable... run prime for half hour and it dosent fall over.

Hovever

I installed Intel's Thermal Analysis Tool (TAT) which gives supposedly much more accurate readings and that reckons the CPU cores are at 75 degrees.

Am i killing my processor? Is anything wrong here?

Many thanks

Chris

serenity888 · 16 Jan 2007 at 20:33

you are not priming it enough. half and hour is not stable. i'll do a miminum:

8hours small fft's to test the cpu and 8 hours blends to test cpu and ram. if it passes that then maybe do orthos and ran a 3dmark test together. i reckon it'll pretty stable it it goes through all that.

your temps are also way too high. its recommended to stay below 60C under load. either find a way to cool your case or a better cpu cooler or try reseating the heatsink to lower those temps.

w3bbo · 16 Jan 2007 at 20:39

You arn't killing your cpu but you are not doing it any favours either as 75c (the temp I would take) is certainly very hot and requires immidiate attention.

The solution is simple, use the stock cooler for stock speeds or invest in an aftermarket cooler for optimum overclocking capability. Arctic Pro 7 is a very good budget air cooler for the price. Sythe Ninja or the Tuniq tower are the best around at the moment. For something extra special take a look at the titan amanda, watercooling temps from an air(+tec) cooler.

stumblingtrout · 16 Jan 2007 at 23:38

Interestingly enough, it would appear that my motherboard has just died.

stumblingtrout · 17 Jan 2007 at 00:33

Well.

This board is getting RMA's because its dead(er) than a very dead dodo

Gashman · 17 Jan 2007 at 00:35

what were voltages like going through board, stable, fluctuating? also PSU brand and peak output?

stumblingtrout · 17 Jan 2007 at 00:38

stock voltages, brand new corsair HX 620w modular (reccomended here)

Have had the board out of the case with just cpu and memory and still shows [-][-] on the post LCD, which i understand is EVGA for RMA

Gashman · 17 Jan 2007 at 00:42

just RMA the dud board and pick yourself a better cooling solution up, stock coolers are good for stock speeds, but not usually recommended for OC

stumblingtrout · 17 Jan 2007 at 08:42

Whats the best possible cooling option for around £20 then?

Trox · 17 Jan 2007 at 12:33

Need to run Orthos, blend, priority 9 for nine hours before you consider it stable

stumblingtrout · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:12

OK

Is the Thermalright Ultra 90 w/ standard 92mm fan better than the Arctic Cooling Pro 7 or whatever it is?

Scope · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:37

stumblingtrout said:
Whats the best possible cooling option for around £20 then?

Im running with an Arctic Cooling Pro 7.. 6600 OC'd to 3.2ghz, mid 30s idle, 50 +/- full load..

R5GTT · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:57

stumbling trout..are you also using the Fan on the chipset heatsink that came with the board?

That gets pretty hot aswell doesnt it? :eek:

stumblingtrout · 17 Jan 2007 at 14:00

Yeah i am - and it would appear that the chipset fan blows hot air right into the CPU area.